Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-12
MILITARY MOVING.
RICHMOND COMPANIES oRDERED TO
NEWPORT rEus LAST MIGHT.
Strikers Take Possession Of Pier-Hore
Trouble Feared-0rders Of the
Governor, &c.

About a week or two ago the Old Do
minion Steamship Company got into
trouble with the 'longshoremen at New
York, the outgrowth Of which was that the
men at that port struck, followed by similar
strikes at Newport News and Norfolk.
Last night General w. q. Wickham, second
vice president OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Company, received the following telegram
from Mr.. l.. Bremond, traffic agent Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio road at Newport
News:
S:57 T. NJ.
General ". c. Wickhdm, Second Vice
President.
Pier No. 2 has been taken possession OF
by the strikers by breaking in through the
door. They have set fire 70 the bath-house
OF the Old Dominion Land Company. We
need an armed force at once for the protec-
ton OF the eompany's property and TO
make arrests Of the offenders.
L. BREMoND.
TROOPS CALLED FOR.
General Wickham at once put himself
In communication with the Governor,
who at the time was In the midst Of bril-
liant reception at the mansion. and few
minutes later the following telegram was
received:
HAMPTON, January 1lth-s:23 p. VI.
His ErcelLency Governor Fitzhugh Lee,
Care of General W. q. Wiekhdm:
There is serious combination at New.
port News 50 powerful as to obstruct the
due execution OF the laws OF this Common.
wealth. The civil authorities are power.
less TO avert most imminent outbreak
and preserve the peace.
Now, therefore, /, G.. NJ. Peek, Judge OF
the Coupty Court OF Warwick, do hereby
call upon your Excellency to send as soon
~ possible q sufficient force from the mill
tlTy OF the State TO preserve the peace and
for the protection OF property. | would
respectfully request that you send two
companies, one Of colored aud one OF white,
and that you give orders to q third COM
pany TO hold itself In readiness for orders.
G. NJ. PEEK,
County Judge OF Warwick.
GETTING Up TROOPS.
Governor Lee at once issued an order d.
reoting Brigadier- General Anderson TO
have three companies 10 readiness and to
be at the Chesapeake and Ohio depot with
them at midnight, when a train would be
in waiting to convey them Immediately TO
the scene OF the trouble.
General Anderson, acting under this or
der, bad the members OF Companies A
Captain Spence), B Captain Jones), and
the State Guards (colored), Captain Paul,
at the Armory and making preparations for
the Tip by IL O'Clock.
TWO HAMPTON COMPANIES.
Major Phil. Haxall. who was in attend
aDce at the Governors reception. and Ad-
iuiant- General Mcdonald Immediately az.
Ter the receipt OF the above telegram OF.
fered the Governor their assistance, and at
l1:15 Z. M. Major Haxall sent the follow
ing telegram over the Governors sigua.
ture
Moor Baker p. Lee. Hampton, "a:
Please have the following order delivered
to the captains OF the white and cOlored
eompaDies
The Peninsula Guard aud the Libbey
Guard will proceed at daylight, or as soon
thereafter as railroad transportation arrives,
with arms and ammunition TO Newport
News, where they will report to Brlgadier-
General Anderson to aid In preserving the
peace. FITzHuGH Les,
Governor OF Virginia.
THE MILITARY OPP.
The three companies, numbering about
100 men, under General Anderson and
Maior j. V. BIdgOod, marched from the
Armory to the depot at midnight, headed
by detachment OF the Regimental Drum
Corps. The special train moved OF from
the depot at 1885 A. NJ.
General W Wickham accompanied the mill
taTy in bis private ear.
EVERYTHING QUIET.
Before leaving General Wickham re.
ceived a telegram saying that everything
was quiet
As soon as the telegram announcing the
trouble was received last night tue report
gained rapid circulation, but 1t gave rise
TO no trouble except uneasiness on the
psIt OF those who have friends in New
port News lest there should be riot. The
general belief Is that, with five military
companies on the field, there will be no
further trouble there.
THE SITUATION IN NEW YORK.
fBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l
New YORK, January 11.-Appearances at
the Old Dominion Steamship Lines on the
North-riyer front indicate that the long
shoremen's strike has been unsuccessful.
Since Saturday noon three steamships have
been loaded and dispatched. aud the fourth
is nearly ready to sail. The strikers still
Ioiter about the pier, and profess to be con-
fdent that their demands will ultimately be
agceded to. The Italians employed by the
company do not give full satisfaction, but
the work is being kept up with, aud this is
aIl the officers Of the line are seeking at
present.